AdventHealth Opens 16-Bed Emergency Room In Brandon

BRANDON, FL — AdventHealth celebrated the grand opening of its 16-bed emergency room in Brandon Sunday with a community event featuring food, carnival games, tours of the ER, a teddy bear clinic and free health checks.

The off-site Brandon AdventHealth 24-hour emergency room at 305 E. Brandon Blvd. is staffed by board-certified emergency medicine physicians and nurses who specialize in emergency care for adults and children.

"We are excited to expand our network of care to make a significant impact on improving the lives of all we serve," said Denyse Bales-Chubb, president and CEO of AdventHealth Tampa and AdventHealth Brandon ER. “This is a growing community with growing health and wellness needs, and we want to be part of the solution of making high quality health care easily accessible to anyone in need of care.”

The facility offers onsite laboratory services so patients can receive real-time results without traveling to another facility, enabling a quicker diagnosis and treatment. Patients will also have the ability to reserve a spot in the ER online by using InQuicker. Additionally, the ER will offer a dedicated AdventHealth ambulance to transport patients to the nearest AdventHealth hospital if they have extended health care needs.

AdventHealth Brandon ER will offer a separate entrance for outpatient imaging which will include x-ray, ultrasound and CT scans, beginning in May.

The results of the latest community needs assessment survey show there is a need for additional health care services within the community. By adding this emergency room, families now have direct access to a health care system to assist in meeting their medical needs close to home.

This is the latest in the company’s expansion plans to create a connected network of health care throughout Tampa Bay and in the Eastern Hillsborough County neighborhoods. Last fall, the company acquired AdventHealth Medical Group Multispecialty at Bloomingdale to provide primary and cardiac care to families in Brandon, Lithia, Riverview and Valrico.

AdventHealth's network of care includes AdventHealth Carrollwood, AdventHealth Connerton, AdventHealth Dade City, AdventHealth Lake Placid, AdventHealth North Pinellas, AdventHealth Ocala, AdventHealth Sebring, AdventHealth Tampa, AdventHealth Wauchula, AdventHealth Wesley Chapel and AdventHealth Zephyrhills, as well as three freestanding offsite Emergency Rooms including AdventHealth Central Pasco ER, AdventHealth Palm Harbor ER and AdventHealth TimberRidge ER.